Google eyes global leadership in machine learning

Greg Corrado, Google senior research scientist, during a joint press conference with reporters from Asia-Pacific regions, at Google Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Tuesday. / Korea Times photo by Lee Min-hyung By Lee Min-hyungTOKYO ― Google is set to increase investments in artificial intelligence as part of its strong drive to lead what it calls “the era of machine learning.””Machine learning isn’t magic, but is just a tool, a new way of building software,” Greg Corrado, senior research scientist at Google, said during a joint press conference here with reporters from Asia-Pacific regions, Tuesday. “This is a new field where computers learn from data and experiences.”Google organized the “Magic in the Machine” event to introduce its software that will be used in the machine learning framework, which the company believes will…